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Yesterday, while I was sleeping, it seems the entire world was in an uproar over a photo of Disney star Miley Cyrus with her back out on the cover of Vanity Fair.
The photo was taken by noted celebrity photographer Annie Liebowitz, whom I idolized in my college days – nowadays, not so much.
Maybe it’s due to her advancing age, but lately Annie’s photography has taken on the look of painterly movie posters. She’s lost that edge that made her work stand out from the crowd – and she’s fallen victim to the hype machine that drives a once-thriving industry which now finds itself having to compete with the Internet and blogs for readership.
The “controversial” cover picture of Miley is in fact a smoke screen designed by Vanity Fair editors (and Annie) to attract just the type of attention the picture is now getting.
Are our collective memories so short that we’ve forgotten the racist LeBron James “King Kong” cover controversy whipped up by these same cohorts?
As you can see from the photo at right, Miley is “wearing” the alleged bed sheet and she’s also wearing pants so she is clearly not naked.
Last week I posted a video showing teen rapper Souljah Boy humping on his hype man in a sexually suggestive manner. Where was the uproar over that video which bordered on child porn?
So let’s not waste another moment on this non-story about Miley Cyrus and get back to real gossip.
